Virginia Carfora
Virginia Carfora
1National Reference Laboratory for Antimicrobial Resistance, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Lazio e della Toscana “M. Aleandri, ” General Diagnostics Department, Rome, Italy
1,
Patricia Alba
Patricia Alba
1National Reference Laboratory for Antimicrobial Resistance, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Lazio e della Toscana “M. Aleandri, ” General Diagnostics Department, Rome, Italy
1,
Pimlapas Leekitcharoenphon
Pimlapas Leekitcharoenphon
2European Union Reference Laboratory for Antimicrobial Resistance, WHO Collaborating Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance in Foodborne Pathogens and Genomics, National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
2,
Daniele Ballarò
Daniele Ballarò
1National Reference Laboratory for Antimicrobial Resistance, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Lazio e della Toscana “M. Aleandri, ” General Diagnostics Department, Rome, Italy
1,
Gessica Cordaro
Gessica Cordaro
1National Reference Laboratory for Antimicrobial Resistance, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Lazio e della Toscana “M. Aleandri, ” General Diagnostics Department, Rome, Italy
1,
Paola Di Matteo
Paola Di Matteo
1National Reference Laboratory for Antimicrobial Resistance, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Lazio e della Toscana “M. Aleandri, ” General Diagnostics Department, Rome, Italy
1,
Valentina Donati
Valentina Donati
1National Reference Laboratory for Antimicrobial Resistance, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Lazio e della Toscana “M. Aleandri, ” General Diagnostics Department, Rome, Italy
1,
Angela Ianzano
Angela Ianzano
1National Reference Laboratory for Antimicrobial Resistance, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Lazio e della Toscana “M. Aleandri, ” General Diagnostics Department, Rome, Italy
1,
Manuela Iurescia
Manuela Iurescia
1National Reference Laboratory for Antimicrobial Resistance, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Lazio e della Toscana “M. Aleandri, ” General Diagnostics Department, Rome, Italy
1,
Fiorentino Stravino
Fiorentino Stravino
1National Reference Laboratory for Antimicrobial Resistance, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Lazio e della Toscana “M. Aleandri, ” General Diagnostics Department, Rome, Italy
1,
Tania Tagliaferri
Tania Tagliaferri
1National Reference Laboratory for Antimicrobial Resistance, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Lazio e della Toscana “M. Aleandri, ” General Diagnostics Department, Rome, Italy
1,
Antonio Battisti
Antonio Battisti
1National Reference Laboratory for Antimicrobial Resistance, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Lazio e della Toscana “M. Aleandri, ” General Diagnostics Department, Rome, Italy
1,*,
Alessia Franco
Alessia Franco
1National Reference Laboratory for Antimicrobial Resistance, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Lazio e della Toscana “M. Aleandri, ” General Diagnostics Department, Rome, Italy
1
1National Reference Laboratory for Antimicrobial Resistance, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Lazio e della Toscana “M. Aleandri, ” General Diagnostics Department, Rome, Italy
2European Union Reference Laboratory for Antimicrobial Resistance, WHO Collaborating Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance in Foodborne Pathogens and Genomics, National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
✉*Correspondence: Antonio Battisti antonio.battisti@izslt.it
Approved by: Frontiers in Microbiology Editorial Office, Frontiers Media SA, Switzerland
This article was submitted to Antimicrobials, Resistance and Chemotherapy, a section of the journal Frontiers in Microbiology
Received 2018 Aug 24; Accepted 2018 Sep 18; Collection date 2018.
Keywords: colistin resistance, mcr genes, ESBL (Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamases), plasmids, whole genome sequencing, Salmonella Infantis, broilers, broiler meat
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